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Historical Account Of The Life Of William Of Wykeham.
HISTORICAL ACCOUNT OF THE LIFE OF WILLIAM OF WYKEHAM .
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{ Pj \ N the 5 th of March , 1379-80 , at eig ht in the morning , the FOU . V-^ - ^ DATJON STONE was LAID of his college at Oxford , called , in the PATENT , Heinle Marie College of JVyncbestrc in O . vonford , and , by the people , New College , as it is commonly called at this day : in six years the BUILDING Avas finished ; and on the 14 th of April , 13 86 , the society made its PUBLIC s > rrrANCE into it with great solemnity and
, deA-otion , singing litanies , and marching in PROCESSION , witlfthe cross borne before them . In 1387 , the year after lie had finished his college at Oxford , lie began that at Winchester , upon the very spot on which the school stood which he went to when he Avas a boy : the FIRST STONE was LAID on the 26 th of March 13 8 7 at nine in the morning ; and this
, , BUILDING Avas also finished in six years , and Avas solemnly entered in the same manner as the college of Oxford had been , at eight o ' clock in the morning of the 28 th of March , 1393 , the society having then subsisted twenty years .
In the mean time , the troubles and distresses which distinguish the reign of Richard II . gradually came on ; and Wykeham found means to conduct himself in such a manner , as te begin and keep the confidence both of the king and the commons , who had both ' recourse to his wisdom and experience in affairs of difficulty . Courtney , Archbishop of Canterbury , acted with more zeal and less compliance : he remonstrated warmlagainst the king ' s extravaganceand
immodey , rate indulgence to his favourites ; and told him , in plain terms , that if he did not stiller himself ' to be better advised , his proceedings would end in the ruin of himself and his kingdom . The king received this reproof with indignation , and returned it with the most opprobrious language : upon which , the archbishop retired from court , but had soon new cause for disgust . The convocation had granted the king he
a subsidy in Dec . 1384 , yet his necessities not being satisfied , issued writs , the very next month , ilr calling another convocation for farther supplies . The archbishop used his utmost endeavours to divert the king from taking this step , but without success ; and he wrote to V / ykeham , to use his interest ; but the king persisted , and the convocation was summoned . Wkeham was commissioned with
y the Bishop of London to preside in this convocation , to which the archbishop would not give the sanction of his presence , and Wjkeham accepted and executed the commission . Wykeham was also appointed by the Pope to judge finally , anil without appeal , in a dispute between the Archbishop of Canterbury
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Historical Account Of The Life Of William Of Wykeham.
HISTORICAL ACCOUNT OF THE LIFE OF WILLIAM OF WYKEHAM .
[ COXCMJDED FROM OL'H LAST . ]
{ Pj \ N the 5 th of March , 1379-80 , at eig ht in the morning , the FOU . V-^ - ^ DATJON STONE was LAID of his college at Oxford , called , in the PATENT , Heinle Marie College of JVyncbestrc in O . vonford , and , by the people , New College , as it is commonly called at this day : in six years the BUILDING Avas finished ; and on the 14 th of April , 13 86 , the society made its PUBLIC s > rrrANCE into it with great solemnity and
, deA-otion , singing litanies , and marching in PROCESSION , witlfthe cross borne before them . In 1387 , the year after lie had finished his college at Oxford , lie began that at Winchester , upon the very spot on which the school stood which he went to when he Avas a boy : the FIRST STONE was LAID on the 26 th of March 13 8 7 at nine in the morning ; and this
, , BUILDING Avas also finished in six years , and Avas solemnly entered in the same manner as the college of Oxford had been , at eight o ' clock in the morning of the 28 th of March , 1393 , the society having then subsisted twenty years .
In the mean time , the troubles and distresses which distinguish the reign of Richard II . gradually came on ; and Wykeham found means to conduct himself in such a manner , as te begin and keep the confidence both of the king and the commons , who had both ' recourse to his wisdom and experience in affairs of difficulty . Courtney , Archbishop of Canterbury , acted with more zeal and less compliance : he remonstrated warmlagainst the king ' s extravaganceand
immodey , rate indulgence to his favourites ; and told him , in plain terms , that if he did not stiller himself ' to be better advised , his proceedings would end in the ruin of himself and his kingdom . The king received this reproof with indignation , and returned it with the most opprobrious language : upon which , the archbishop retired from court , but had soon new cause for disgust . The convocation had granted the king he
a subsidy in Dec . 1384 , yet his necessities not being satisfied , issued writs , the very next month , ilr calling another convocation for farther supplies . The archbishop used his utmost endeavours to divert the king from taking this step , but without success ; and he wrote to V / ykeham , to use his interest ; but the king persisted , and the convocation was summoned . Wkeham was commissioned with
y the Bishop of London to preside in this convocation , to which the archbishop would not give the sanction of his presence , and Wjkeham accepted and executed the commission . Wykeham was also appointed by the Pope to judge finally , anil without appeal , in a dispute between the Archbishop of Canterbury